calgarian5355
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| I'm Looking For the Best Since price is no object, I suggest you invite Tina Turner in to sing you "Simply the Best". A personal show for you in your audio room with sound that is so realistic that it's obviously the best! Enjoy!Calgarian | |
| Pathos Cinema-X I know of a dealer in Calgary, Alberta that carries the Pathos line of products: Absolute Audio, Calgary, Alberta. Contact name is Ross.calgarian | |
| Ayre C-5xe or the CJ McCormack UDP1 Deluxe? In HI FI CHOICE magazine, the Ultimate Collection of components in 2006, both the Ayre C-5xe and the McCormack UDP1 (Conrad Johnson Edition) were selected as being tops for Universal players. Unfortunately, the reviewers did not do a direct compar... | |
| Elrod EPS 3 / Electraglide Grounding Concerns A quick update....David Elrod did reply to my inquiry and advised that his Elrod EPS3 (as well as all his power cords) is indeed grounded. :)calgarian5355 | |
| Elrod EPS 3 / Electraglide Grounding Concerns Thanks for the information Grant! Hmm..looks like I should be upgrading to the STATEMENTS based on that review! I'll let everyone know what I find out....I've sent an email to the email link.calgarian | |
| Elrod EPS 3 / Electraglide Grounding Concerns Tvad...Thanks for your reply. Is there a website for Elrod Cables where I can contact him? I've yet to find it if that is the case. Please let me know.I'll also borrow my friend's AC line tester to see if the outlets are grounded. I 'think' the si... | |
| Best One Country System? Martykl...Oh yeah...I forgot about Oracle! Are they still a Canadian company? I also neglected to mention that the tuner in my "all Canadian" system would be from Magnum Dynalab.Tony | |
| Which to turn on first...Amp or preamp? Thanks to everyone who responded. I bought the receptacle tester and everything seems to be wired properly. I realized that the volume was not turned all the way down before powering up my equipment. With the volume knob turned all the way down, c... | |
| Which to turn on first...Amp or preamp? Jea48...I'm in the midst of re-wiring my entire system (moving components around) so I'll give your suggestion a try in the next couple days. My preamp is the Copland CVA306 six channel tube preamp; my amplifier is the YBA 2 Alpha High Current. Th... | |
| Which to turn on first...Amp or preamp? Sol,I'm not sure if the Eclipse has an LED indicator. I'll check tonight. I'll get the tester this week and see if it's wired correctly. I know the YBA amp I'm using specifically states that the polarity is important (there's a red dot or indicato... | |
| Which to turn on first...Amp or preamp? Thanks to everyone who responded. My equipment is currently being plugged into an Audio Magic Eclipse power conditioner. I'm not an expert at electrical testing, but with the test that Sol322 is suggesting, what am I looking for? Would this test i... | |
| How Important is Tube Matching? Thanks for your help guys! I won't spend the extra $$$ on matched tubes. | |
| How Important is Tube Matching? The preamp I own is the Copland six channel CVA306. There are six tubes (one for each channel). Based on your feedback, I'm assuming that it's probably important for me to get at least a couple matched pairs (for front l/r...and rear l/r). The cen... | |
| Best speaker match suggestions for ARCAM FMJ S/S Hi there...I own the Arcam Diva CD92 cd player that uses the same Ring dac as your FMJ 23 player. I'm using a different electronic compliment than yours (yba, copland, etc) but I do have some experience with some of the British speakers. You have ... | |
| Most Honest Audio Magazine? UHF (Ultra High Fidelity) is one of my favorite magazines. They use a panel of three to four people to review any piece of audio equipment; each reviewer is allowed at the end of the review to add their personal comments on the piece. I've read se... |